John B. Kane Residence

John B. Kane Residence
L.A. Historic-Cultural Monument  #500
John B. Kane Residencee, October 2008
Location: 2122 Bonsallo Avenue,
West Adams
Built/Founded: 1893
Architect: Fred R. Dorn
Architectural style(s): Queen Anne, Other
Designated as LAHCM: 1990[1]
Governing body: private

The John B. Kane Residence is a two story Queen Anne-Eastlake Victorian located in West Adams, Los Angeles on Bonsallo Avenue. Built 1892-1893, the house was designated Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #500 in June, 1990.

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Features

The residence was designed by Fred R. Dorn[2], architect of many houses and buildings throughout Los Angeles[3]. Behind the house is a two-horse stable that, according to area Sanborn Maps, was present when the house was completed.

West Adams Location

The residence is located in the Park Villas Tract of what was then known as "Los Angeles City," part of the greater West Adams neighborhood. Located one mile southwest of downtown Los Angeles, the neighborhood was bisected by the Interstate 10 and Interstate 110 freeways built in the 1950s to the northeast that form a hub of the LA freeway system. However, due to the proximity of the freeways there is a noticeable lack of cut-through traffic in the vicinity. Bordering the neighborhood to the West is the Union St-23rd St. business district. Immediately to the South of the residence is Mount St. Mary's College's Doheny campus in University Park, and further South is USC's Annenberg Research Park and the University of Southern California main campus. Bordering to the East is the Figueroa Corridor and the 23rd St station of the upcoming Expo Line.

Notes

  1. ^ Department of City Planning. "Designated Historic-Cultural Monuments". City of Los Angeles. http://www.preservation.lacity.org/monuments. Retrieved 2010-06-08. 
  2. ^ City Planning Commission, City of Los Angeles, University Park HPOZ Preservation Plan, 2005.
  3. ^ John Steven McGroarty, Los Angeles from the mountains to the sea, 1921.

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